A car in the yard
Innova Crysta
The comfortable one. Best when the day is long and the road is mostly a road: the run to the gateway, a dry Kinnaur week, a group that would rather arrive unshaken. It is not a 4x4, and we will not talk it into being one.
Families, winter Kinnaur highway days, anyone who wants a quiet cabin.
What the maker publishes
- Engine. 2.4-litre diesel, 150 PS and 343 Nm on the Crysta India spec
- Drive. Rear-wheel drive. No low range
- Seats. Six or seven, captain chairs on many of them
- What it is not. A snow vehicle, or a rut vehicle
Toyota Innova Crysta, India diesel specification.
How it behaves up here
Five is the right tool. One means we will talk you out of it. This is our yard, not the brochure.
Spiti
2/5
A maintained summer road only.
Dirt
1/5
No.
Snow
1/5
We do not send it.
Highway
5/5
The best seat in the yard for a tar day.
Comfort
5/5
This is why people ask for it.
Luggage
4/5
A real boot, if the third row is not full of people.
Narrow road
2/5
Long, and low enough to catch a surprise.